Characteristics of rodent infestation and control methods in Chinese cities.

The complexity of the urban environment provides a wide range of suitable spaces for the survival and breeding of rodents, leading to serious rodent infestation and difficulties in rodent control in urban areas. The public health and lives are thereby exposed to great potential hazards. By analyzing the particularities of China’s urban environment and the habitual traits of urban rodents, this paper describes the distribution and characteristics of urban rodent infestation, and discusses the difficulties in the rodent control in China’s cities as well as rodenticide resistance. Finally, it puts forward an integrated and targeted strategy for urban rodent control.